Clothesline and drier link



Jan. 28, 1941. Q v HQEFUCH 2,230,037

CLOTHESLINE AND DRIER L'INK Filed Jan. 15, 1940 I Patented Jan. 28, 1941UNITED STATES ATENT OFFiCE CLOTHESLINE AND DRIER LINK ApplicationJanuary 2 Claims.

This invention relates to aclothesline and drier link, more particularlya hanger designed primarily for suspending objects for the dryingthereof, but it is to be understood that a hanger, in accordance withthis invention is for use in any connection for which it may be foundapplicable.

The invention aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, ahanger of the class referred to, including a suspension for the objectshaving an inherent characteristic for fixedly connecting the suspendedobjects thereto without the employment of clothes pins or otherindependent features.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger including resilient means so formed to therebydetachably secure garments or other objects thereto without theemployment of clothes pins or other separate fastener devices.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger including spaced resilient pivotally supportedsuspensions so formed as to provide for removably securing theretogarments or other objects without the employing of clothes pins or otherindependent fastener devices.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger having means for expeditiously securing it to and inextended relation with respect to a panel or smooth support, and withthe hanger including a carrier having means correlated with the saidother means for maintaining the carrier at an upward inclinationrelative to the support when the hanger is suspending or not suspendinggarments or other objects.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger including coupling means for expeditiously connecting itto a panel or smooth support, and a combined carrier and suspensionstructure pivotally attached to said means and capable of being directedupwardy on its pivot means to bear against the support when the hangeris not in use.

The invention aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, ahanger including resilient suspensions each having stretches thereofhelically wound about each other to form correlated gripping or clampingsurfaces for detachably securing garments or objects to the suspension.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger in- 1949, Serial No. 314,013

eluding resilient suspensions each having stretches thereof helicallywound about each other to form correlated gripping or clamping surfacesfor detachably securing garments or other objects to the suspension, andwith one of said stretches having a portion offset with respect to acorresponding portion of the other stretch to provide an opening orclearance for the mounting of the garment or other object in thesuspension to enable it to be shifted between the said stretches to begripped or clamped to the I suspension.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger including a suspension of the construction aforesaidhaving its ends formed with loops for anchoring it in position forsuspending clothes or other objects.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger including a shiftable pivotally mounted downwardlyretarded carrier and spaced resilient suspensions correlated with thecarrier, and with the latter and the suspensions having coastinginherent parts for anchoring the ends of the suspensions to the carrier.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, a hanger for suspending objects to be dried or for any otherpurpose for which it is found applicable and which is simple in itsconstruction and arrangement, strong, durable, compact, thoroughlyefficient in the use intended thereby, readily assembled andcomparatively inexpensive to manu facture.

Embodying the aims aforesaid and others which may hereinafter appear,the invention consists of the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will be more specifically referred to andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown embodiments ofthe invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations andmodifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of theinvention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan View illustrating the support for the hanger insectional plan and the installation of the hanger in laterally extendedrelation with respect to the support,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view, upon an enlarged scale in top plan,partly broken away and in section on line 2-2 Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-45 Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in top plan of a modified form ofsuspension.

With reference to Figure l, the hanger 5 is of a size for the use ofsuspensions each formed of a single unit, but it is to be understoodthat the hanger may be of a size whereby each suspen sion will be set upof a series of coupled together units of like form as shown by Figure l.In Figure 1, the ends of each suspension are to be anchored to a carrieror other support, whereas if the suspension would be formed of a seriesof coupled together units of like form, the outer units of said serieswould have their outer ends anchored to the carrier or other support.

The units which form the suspensions 6, Figure 1, are of like form andthe series of units which correlate to form the elongated suspension lare of like form and correspond in form to the units which provide theshort suspensions 5. The short suspension 6 may be termed clothesline ordrier link forming an element of the hanger. The elongated suspension Imay be termed in the manner as the term applied to the suspensions 6.

The hanger 5 includes a pair of spaced aligned tapered circular couplingmembers 8 in the form of suction or vacuum cups for connection tosupport 9 which may be a window glass or other suitable smooth support.Each of said members 8 is formed at its outer end and diametricallythereof with a rectangular extension l9 provided from end to end thereofwith an opening H.

The hanger .5 includes a yoke shaped carrier i2 having its bightindicated at l3 and its sides at l4, l5, which extend inwardly from theends of the night is. The sides 44, iii are of like form, but oppositelydisposed and each has its inner end formed with a depending rearwardlyinclined angle-shaped arm I 6 consisting of an outer leg I! disposedoutwardly at right angles to the inner end of a side M or I5 and mountedin an opening II, a depending rearwardly inclined intermediate leg ['8merging at its outer end into the outer end of the leg l1 and a rear leg(19 extending inwardly at right angles to the rear end of leg 18 andopposing the front face of a coupling member 8 below the extension ID onthe latter. The arms I6 correlate with the members 8 and constitutereta-rders for limiting the extent of the lowering of the carrier l2with respect to the support 9 and act to maintain the carrier 5 2, whenit is in use at an upward inclination from its inner to: its outer end.

Each of the sides of the carrier I2 is formed with a series of spacedinwardly extending outwardly opening substantially semi-circularporticns 28 constituting holders or anchors. The portions 29 on the sidel4 align with the portions 225 on the side of the carrier therebyforming the latter with spaced pairs of holders, each pair is for thepurpose of connecting a suspension to the sides of the carrier and alsoact to prevent the suspension shifting lengthwi e of the sides l4, l5.

The sides Hi, l5 of the carrier are connected together, at their innerends by a cross member 2| acting to prevent the spreading of said sidesrelative to each other. The member 2! is in the form of a. bar 22 formedwith eyes 23 at its ends for the passage of the said sides It, 15. Theeyes 23 abut the arms I 6.

There is correlated with the carrier i2 a series of suspensions and thelength of each suspension is to correspond to the distance between thesides M, 15 of the carrier. Each suspension may consist of a single unitor a series of intermediate units of a form corresponding to the form ofthe single unit. If a single unit is employed as a suspension it will beanchored at its ends to the sides I4, l5 of the carrier. If a series ofinterconnected units provide a suspension, the carrier will be of agreater size than the carrier shown and the outer ends of the outerunits of the series will be anchored to the sides of the carrier.

The unit which is employed to form the suspension 6 or each of theseries of units employed to provide the suspension 1 are of like formand it is set up from a single length of resilient wire stock 24 of thedesired thickness bent upon it- E self to form a substantiallypear-shaped loop 25 open at its inner end and arranged at one end of theunit, a pair of stretches 26, 2'! merging into the sides of the loop 25and helically wound about each other to form a plurality of coactinggripping or clamping surfaces 28, a substantially straight stretch 29merging at one end into the stretch 26, a stretch 30 extended from thestretch 29 and bent upon itself to form a substantially pear-shaped loop3| arranged at I the other end of the unit, a substantially semipearshaped stretch 32 disposed in lateral relation with respect to thestretch 29 and extended at one end from the stretch 27 and a coil 33 atthe other end of stretch 32 and encompassing the stretch 30 for closingthe loop 3|. The stretch 32 forms a clearance or opening 34 for theinsertion of the object into the unit, after which it is positionedbetween the stretches 26,

21 and gripped or clamped to the unit by a pair of coacting gripping orclamping surfaces 28. It is to be understood that the unit will be of alength tosuspend more than one object.

With reference to each of the suspensions 6 the loop 25 thereofsurrounds a holder 20 of the carrier side 15, whereby one end of thesuspension is coupled to the carrier, and the loop 3| of the suspensionencompasses a holder 20 of the carrier side M which aligns with theaforesaid holder whereby the other end of the suspension is coupled tothe carrier. The length of each suspension 6 is less than the length ofthe bight I13 of the carrier.

When an elongated suspension 1 is formed from a series of units of likeform the loops 25, 31 of an inner unit encompass respectively the loops3 I, 25 of adjacent units.

With reference to Figure 3, it illustrates the position of the carrierof the hanger at the extent of the lowering movement of the carrier bentto provide a loop adapted to be connected 5 to a support, an oiiset partat the other end of the wire forming an entrance to the suspension forthe object to be suspended and coacting object gripping portionsinterposed between said offset part and the first mentioned loop, saidoiiset part including means for closing the second mentioned loop.

2. In a hanger, a suspension formed of a resilient wire-like body bentupon itself to provide an inwardly opening loop adapted to be connectedto a support, at its other end at loop adapted to be connected to asupport, intermediate its ends a. pair of stretches disposed inhelically Wound relation forming gripping surfaces,

a. part extended from one of said stretches and offset with respect tothe other of said stretches

